COVID-19 vaccine can boost mental health, too

<p>The COVID-19 vaccine is a turning point in what has become a mental health crisis. <a href='https://www.northwell.edu/about/leadership/manish-sapra'>Manish Sapra, MD</a>, executive director for behavioral health at Northwell Health, and <a href='https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/mayer-bellehsen-cedarhurst-ny/222640'>Mayer Bellehsen, PhD</a>, director for the center for traumatic stress, resilience and recovery, explain that the hope brought by the COVID vaccine enables all of us to begin the healing process - and why that is a process we will go through together. </p> "This has been a long, protracted course, and what the COVID vaccine does it sort of sets the clock where we start taking that identity of being in recovery rather than just being a victim. It just gives a level of optimism that we can actually take a big step against a disaster like this."   More from the experts <p>Read Dr. Sapra's <a href='http://bit.ly/3aWjEHT'>op-ed on community recovery from COVID-19</a></p> <p>Listen to Dr. Bellehsen discuss <a href='http://bit.ly/3rFED8l'>stress management</a></p> <p>Watch 20-Minute Health Talk <a href='https://bit.ly/3tLePJR'>episodes on YouTube</a></p>